Italo Proferisce

INTRODUCTION

Baritone Italo Proferisce has established himself on leading stages in Italy and abroad in both lyric and dramatic repertoire.

RECENT AND FUTURE ENGAGEMENTS

Among Italo Proferisce’s highlights of the 2024/25 season are Schaunard in La bohème at the Puccini Festival 2025 in Torre del Lago and the Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv, Montano and Araldo in Otello at Teatro Massimo di Palermo, Michonnet in Adriana Lecouvreur at Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, and Ben in Menotti’s The Telephone at the Teatro Massimo Bellini in Catania.

His engagements in the 2025/26 season include Fiorello/Ufficiale in Il barbiere di Siviglia at Teatro Massimo di Palermo and Angelotti in Tosca at Teatro Principal de Palma, a.o.

BIOGRAPHY

Italo Proferisce began his musical journey with the study of the piano and subsequently dedicated himself to opera singing, first obtaining a diploma with top marks from the “G. Martucci” of Salerno and subsequently the II level degree at the “G. Frescobaldi” of Ferrara. He also attended master classes with Renato Bruson, Garbis Boyagian, Paolo Coni, Silvano Carroli, June Anderson, Gianni Maffeo, Alberto Gazale, Carlos Alvarez, Roberto Frontali, and Franco Vassallo.

He is a finalist and winner of various opera competitions including: the Rome Festival 2009 International Opera Competition, the 3rd International Opera Competition “Città di Bologna 2009” “Best Young Talent” award, the Toti Dal Monte Competition 2010, the Scuola Dell’ Competition Italian Opera of the Teatro Comunale of Bologna 2010 and the Anselmo Colzani International Opera Singing Competition of Budrio 2011.

Italo Proferisce embarked on his career in acclaimed theatrical settings, such as the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, the Maggio Fiorentino, Arena di Verona, the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, with internationally renowned directors such as Zubin Mehta, Nello Santi, Daniel Oren, Renato Palumbo, Pier Giorgio Morandi, Francesco Lanzillotta, Giampaolo Bisanti, Fabrizio Maria Carminati, Matteo Beltrami, Gabriele Ferro, Marco Guidarini, Pedro Halffter, John Axelrod, Jordi Bernacer, Francesco Ivan Ciampa, Pinchas Steinberg, Giacomo Sagripanti, and Andrea Battistoni.

Among his many interpretations, notable highlights include Michonnet in Adriana Lecouvreur by F.Cilea at the Teatro Massimo Bellini in Catania and Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, Escamillo in Carmen by G. Bizet at the Arena di Verona, Silvio in Pagliacci by R. Leoncavallo at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and at the Haerbin Opera House in China, Belcore in L’elisir d’amore by G. Donizetti at the Teatro Goldoni in Livorno and at the Teatro Sociale in Rovigo, Ping in Turandot by G. Puccini at the Teatro Bunka Kaikan in Tokyo and at the Teatro Sociale of Rovigo, Marcello in La bohème by G. Puccini at the Teatro del Giglio in Lucca and at the Teatro Politeama in Lecce, Alfio in Cavalleria rusticana by P. Mascagni at the Art Center of Seoul, Tonio in Pagliacci by R. Leoncavallo at the Art Center of Seoul, Figaro in Le nozze di Figaro at the Teatro Verdi in Pisa and at the Tianjin Grand Theater in China, Starek in Jenůfa by L. Janàcek at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Ben in Il Telefono by Menotti at Teatro Massimo Bellini di Catania, Alessandro of Macedonia in Lo specchio magico by Fabio Vacchi in world premiere at the Teatro dell’Opera in Florence, Schaunard in La bohème by G. Puccini at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, at the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa, at the Teatro Bunka Kaikan in Tokyo, at the Coccia Theater in Novara, at the National Theater of Macedonia and at the Bangkok International Festival of Music & Dance, Aricia in Giove a Pompei by U. Giordano at the Umberto Giordano Theater in Foggia and at the Marrucino Theater in Chieti, Archelaos in Der Konig Kandaules by Alexander Von Zemlinsky at the Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville, Marek in Il Ghetto di Warsaw by G.Colombini world premiere at the Teatro Verdi in Pisa, Masetto in Don Giovanni by W.A.Mozart at the Teatro Goldoni in Livorno, at the National Theater of Macedonia and at the Bangkok International Festival of Music & Dance, Malatesta in Don Pasquale by G.Donizetti at the Teatro dell’Opera Romànà Craiova, Sharpless in Madama Butterfly at the Pergolesi Theater in Jesi, Anzoleto in Il Campiello by W.E.Ferrari at the Teatro Sociale in Rovigo and at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice, and Il Padre in Falcone e Borsellino by A.Fortunato at the Teatro Verdi in Pisa.